Nope, Bailey's toe is not black...it's supposed to look pink and white like the other nails beside it.

I did get to talk to the vet today. She did say that the black coloring to the quick area was a scabby part. She said it will look funny for the next few months while the bad/dead part grows out and the new healthy nail comes in.

I asked her about infection. She said we should pay attention to the smell of her feet especially. She said that's how they noticed it was getting infected when they were getting ready to quick the nail. I guess you had to be really close to the nail, cause I didn't even notice a smell. Also, she said to pay attention to the swelling and other common sense stuff like not bearing weight on it and excessive licking.

And also she said little bits of the nail might chip off, because it is just the dead nail flaking away.

Guess since she's my first, I'm being a little overprotective right now. It's so hard to try to convince her that not playing with Guinness is for her own good.

The vet said keep up the seperation from Guinness thing and soaking thing until next Saturday and she should be fine....whew, 8 more days to go?